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Command-line usability

On doing a quick check of what update-manager can actually do, I did what I should and checked which command line options are available, and found a little usability gem (highlighted):
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arve@carnage:~$ update-manager -help
Usage: update-manager [options]
Options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-c, --check-dist-upgrades
Check if a new distribution release is available
-d, --devel-release Check if upgrading to the latest devel release is
possible
-p, --proposed Try to run a dist-upgrade
--dist-upgrade, --dist-ugprade
Try to run a dist-upgrade

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p. I like that. Another typo-helper is to locate the nearest shell and do sudo apt-get install sl. You’ll quickly learn to type ls correctly.